Click anywhere to get started… Caught and Crushed
Description: Click anywhere to get started Caught and Crushed by Pinch Points Whats the Danger? Getting caught in a pinch point can cause death, disabling injuries, head trauma. Body or clothing get caught in moving machinery, you can be pulled into
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slide1. Click anywhere to get started…<br>
slide2. Caught and Crushed by Pinch Points<br>
slide4. What’s the Danger? Getting caught in a pinch point can cause death, disabling injuries, head trauma.
Body or clothing get caught in moving machinery, you can be pulled into and through the machinery.
You can suffer fatal crushing injuries if you are caught between a moving object and a stationary object.
Caught-between injuries can occur in any kind of workplace but are more prevalent in manufacturing facilities.<br>
slide5. What’s the Danger?<br>
slide6. How to Protect Yourself 5 ways to protect yourself:
Use machine guards to prevent contact with moving parts.
Don't wear loose clothing or jewelry around moving equipment.
Follow lockout procedures so equipment can’t be started accidentally.<br>
slide7. How to Protect Yourself Never assume a forklift, heavy equipment, or any other equipment operator can see you. Stay out of the way of moving equipment and be alert and aware of backup alarms, horns, and other warning signals.
Make sure cargo being loaded, unloaded, and transported and vehicles or heavy equipment raised up for repair or maintenance are safely blocked and chocked. If you’re driving a vehicle or equipment watch out for pedestrians, set your brakes and chock the wheels when parked.<br>
slide8. Caught-between hazards come in many different forms.
Some are traps which can crush a finger, hand, toes or feet. Others can cause fatal compression injuries to the head or chest.
Stay alert to these hazards.<br>
slide2. Caught and Crushed by Pinch Points<br>
slide4. What’s the Danger? Getting caught in a pinch point can cause death, disabling injuries, head trauma.
Body or clothing get caught in moving machinery, you can be pulled into and through the machinery.
You can suffer fatal crushing injuries if you are caught between a moving object and a stationary object.
Caught-between injuries can occur in any kind of workplace but are more prevalent in manufacturing facilities.<br>
slide5. What’s the Danger?<br>
slide6. How to Protect Yourself 5 ways to protect yourself:
Use machine guards to prevent contact with moving parts.
Don't wear loose clothing or jewelry around moving equipment.
Follow lockout procedures so equipment can’t be started accidentally.<br>
slide7. How to Protect Yourself Never assume a forklift, heavy equipment, or any other equipment operator can see you. Stay out of the way of moving equipment and be alert and aware of backup alarms, horns, and other warning signals.
Make sure cargo being loaded, unloaded, and transported and vehicles or heavy equipment raised up for repair or maintenance are safely blocked and chocked. If you’re driving a vehicle or equipment watch out for pedestrians, set your brakes and chock the wheels when parked.<br>
slide8. Caught-between hazards come in many different forms.
Some are traps which can crush a finger, hand, toes or feet. Others can cause fatal compression injuries to the head or chest.
Stay alert to these hazards.<br>